Iman Abdulmajid Quotes

A self-esteem issue doesn't change whether you're considered beautiful or not because it's about what's inside you.

I believe in glamour. I am in favor of a little vanity. I don't rely on just my genes. Looking good is a commitment to yourself and to others.

Don't be afraid to walk away from things that are just not right for you.

Pulling off a zebra-print dress can be challenging for some.

I would rather Google other people than Google myself.

My saving grace was that I always knew when to leave the party.

My father taught me how to be a parent and gave me a positive connection with men because he is a gentleman.

For me, diversity whether you think of it as race or gender, it's not a trend, it's a human movement, it's a human feeling, it's a human desire.

We grew up as poor people but we never knew poverty. I still love and miss the Somalia I grew up in. Things changed, when my father became a diplomat later on.

Make sure your decision to have a child is based on the need to share your life completely with another little human being and not because of some personal need for validation as a woman.

I come from Somalia. We start working young, and we understand that kind of life. I would be bored to death not doing anything creative.

There is strength in numbers.

Every generation and every group brings the door into other things.

I don't do anything by myself. I have a whole crew to get me ready every day.

If I say something about David [Bowie], I get 1000 tweets, if I say something about my business just a few! The more personal, the better.

When 9/11 happened, 12 of our neighborhood firemen were killed. I looked around at the country that had adopted me and I became an American.

If I feel frustrated in a situation, I take a deep breath and walk away.

If you are an activist, you have to stay active on a daily basis.

The one thing you learn as you get older is that the body will do what the body wants. All you can do is try to guide it a little.

That to be an activist, you have to stay active. For me, it's profound; it's not something you choose to do every five years because it's chic to say it.

There is no age better than another.

The child must come first above all else. And pace yourself every day. There is quite a lot you will have to give up.

I'm quite insufferable about fitness, I suppose. I think it's really important, though I'm not a body nut.

People might want to think, "We don't need it," but you know, we can't stop it. It's a movement, which means that it's moving, whether you like it or not, it's going to move.

I vowed to myself when I got married that I would cook every night. I find it very therapeutic.